You are right, Jim, wider spacing is REQUIRED. From the ARRL Antenna Book:
“The line should be kept away from other conductors including downspouts, metal window
frames, flashing, etc. by a distance of two to three times the line spacing.”
Ken WA8JXM
On Dec 23, 2014, at 12:16 PM, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
On Tue,12/23/2014 9:07 AM, Tom Osborne wrote:
HI All
I've seen that you should keep the 450 ohm twinlead at leas the width of the
cable away from anything metallic. Does that include coax cable?
YES! And although I haven't seen any math to support it, I'd want wider spacing
than that.
I want to run some twinlead out to an antenna and where it would come into the
shack is a coax cable and it would be laying right on top of it.
Just wonder it that would cause any problems.
Yes, it could cause problems.
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